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4 ❘ SPECIALTY FOOD MAGAZINE specialtyfood.com CONTRIBUTORS MEET THE CONTRIBUTOR THOMAS HENRY STRENK On the Craft Track T homas Henry Strenk is a Brooklyn, N.Y.– based freelancer who writes about beer, wine, spirits, and all things drinkable. What is one of your favorite articles you've written recently? I didn't know much about izakaya, the Japanese pub concept, until I wrote a design story about how restaurateurs are trans- lating that traditional iconic experience for the American market. Share your fondest food memory. When I was 12, my sister and I often secretly splurged on Grandma-style pizza thick with grated parm at an Italian grocery around the corner. Ten cents a slice, and it's been my touchstone for pizza ever since. What's the strangest food/meal you've ever had? How was it? Chapulines at the mercado in Oaxaca. Although roasted with garlic and chiles, sprinkled with salt, and doused with lime, the grasshoppers tasted rather funky, and crispy appendages rasped my gullet on the way down. What are some of your non-gastronomic interests? I design and cut woodblock prints as labels for my homemade hooch. An avid cyclist, I've crossed the country three times with the Cycle America tour- ing company. Eat out or stay in? I like to bake bread with long-rising, high-hydration dough. Cooking at home is fun, but it's exciting to explore all the new restaurant and bar options in my Park Slope neighborhood. JULIE BESONEN Producer Profle, Global Eats Food editor for Paper magazine and restaurant columnist for nycgo.com DINA CHENEY Product Roundup Author of Tasting Club, whose work has appeared in Every Day with Rachael Ray, Cooking Light, Fine Cooking, and Bon Appetit EMILY CROWE The Bakery Renaissance Freelance writer and regular contributor to Specialty Food News JANET FLETCHER Cheese Focus Writer of email newsletter "Planet Cheese" and the author of Cheese & Wine and Cheese & Beer. ANNELIESE KLAINBAUM Global Eats Communications consultant/ writer working with food, beverage, and lifestyle companies and publications NICOLE POTENZA DENIS Buyers' Picks, Category Spotlight, What's Trending in Foodservice Contributing editor to Specialty Food Magazine FIONA ROBINSON The Rise of the Grocerant Food writer and regular contributor to Specialty Food News SUSAN SEGREST Global Eats Contributing editor to Specialty Food Magazine DENISE SHOUKAS Trends & Happenings, Signature Statements Contributing editor to Specialty Food Magazine THOMAS HENRY STRENK On the Craft Track Beverage-focused freelance writer who home-brews beer in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment RON TANNER The State of the Specialty Food Industry Vice president, philanthropy, government, and industry relations for the Specialty Food Association ? What will be the next hot ethnic cuisine Specialty Food Magazine is pleased to publish insightful and actionable articles from leading journalists and retail practitioners. New German Middle Eastern